President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he deserves a second term as the country’s foremost citizen and that Nigerians deserve continuity.
President Buhari said this during a meeting with religious leaders at an interfaith seminar in Abuja.
Also at the meeting was Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, John Onaiyekan, leader of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, and Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto.
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“I am proud to say that our country has moved on, the era of free money, lack of transparency and accountability is over. We deserve continuity; we deserve a better future for the coming generations,” Buhari said.
The President also stated that he will ensure that the 2019 elections are free and fair and that those who lost out in the primaries should carry their grievances to the courts or use internal resolution mechanisms of their respective political parties.
“I sincerely hope 2019 will move us closer to these goals and so I look forward to a peaceful, fair and credible elections come 2019,” Buhari said